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LCD-76-354 1 (1976-10-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaacbp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: -', - - - I IIII SIATES GENERAL ACCOUNTIG ICIII br the Office of Congressionml Relations. B-178560 OCT 81 The Honorable Mark Andrews House of Representatives Dear Mr. Andrews: As ag:-ad with your office on July 20, 1976, we have followed up on our recommendation that the Air Force make cost comparisons for its airfield pavement-marking program, as contained in our report to you entitled Inquiry Into Air Force In-House Rather Than Contract Airfield-Marking Operations* (B-173560, Dec. 13, 1974). The Air Force made a cost comparison for one of its striping teams located at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, which resulted in the award of a contract for performing the striping operation previously carried out in-house by the Tinker team. Air Force representatives told us that a cost comparison was made for only one of its striping teams because the ranae of bids in response to thu invitation (only one bidder was lower than the in-house cost estimate) caused them to be skeptical that the low bidder could perform satisfactorily. The Air Force representatives intended to monitor the con- tract awarded to the low bidder before deciding whether to make cost comparisons for the remaining striping teams. In our view this rationale seemed inadequate because the ex- perience with the Tinker Air Force Base cost comparison would not necessarily be repeated in comparisons for the other Air Force striping teams. Because we recommended that the Air Force make a cost comparison of its entire airfield pavement-marking program (all striping teams), we asked in our followup request what specific action would be taken on our recommendation. The Air Force said that it intended to comply with our recommenda- tion and that it will cost compare nine striping teams for calendar year 1977 and the remaining three striping teams in calendar year 1978. This will complete the cost analyis for the entire airfield-marking progr im. (A copy of the Air Force reply is enclosed.) LCD-76-354 21

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